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Exd 32:8 — They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

have turned		Deu 9:16; Jdg 2:17
which I		Exd 20:3,4,23
These be		Exd 32:4; 1Ki 12:28

Correlating Passages

have turned

	Deu 9:16	And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, [and] had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
	Jdg 2:17	And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.

which I

	Exd 20:3	Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
	Exd 20:4	Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
	Exd 20:23	Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

These be

	Exd 32:4	And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
	1Ki 12:28	Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 32:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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